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Firmer and fuller with Enzyte
A Cincinnati company that sells dietary supplements around the country, including Enzyte which claims to naturally enhance men's sexual performance and penis size, is the subject of more than 3,000 complaints from consumers.
The Better Business Bureau of Cincinnati and the Ohio Attorney General together have logged 3,736 complaints against Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals in Forest Park, and its related companies, since 2001. More than 2,600 have been filed just in the last 12 months, the bureau said. "The number of complaints is so high, they've become a drain on the resources of the Better Business Bureau's Cincinnati staff", said Leslie Kish, director of operations. "This is the largest volume of complaints that we have against any business in the area," she said.
Firmer and Fuller?Berkeley claims to have grossed more than $100 million in sales in less than three years and it's projected sales for this year of $260 million.
Berkeley's products include supplements designed to address a list of medical concerns including memory and weight loss; joint, skin, eye, prostate, cardiovascular and sexual health; fatigue and menopause. But its best-known product appears to be Enzyte, which is heavily advertised on TV. It is now described on the enzyte.com web site as a "once a day tablet for male enhancement" that is formulated "to help support firmer, fuller-feeling, better quality erections." Enzyte ProblemsEnzyte is the brand plastered on the No. 50 Team Enzyte car as a lead sponsor in the Busch series NASCAR competition. But even The good 'ol boy Nascar circut can't stop the problems. The company's signature product is under fire. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Dayton, Ohio, man claims that the product's sales and marketing are "unfair, deceptive and fraudulent.'' Cincinnati and Seattle attorneys are seeking class-action status for the case "on behalf of thousands of individuals victimized by a scheme to defraud and obtain money through the unfair, deceptive and fraudulent marketing and selling of Enzyte, a nutraceutical touted by defendants nationwide as a product that would actually increase the size of a man's penis."
Most consumer complaints revolve around Berkeley's "Value-Added Program," said the Better Business Bureau.
According to the enzyte.com Web site, all free offers include enrollment in a program through which customers receive a new 60-day supply of the product about five days before the initial supply runs out.
How nice of them to think ahead for us huh and firm up the charge?
Sam Fields
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